Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

DM9D Major 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · 3 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

DM9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

D Major 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 13 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major 9th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 13 15 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

DM9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

D Major 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 13 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

D Major 9th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 13 15 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How DM9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2 · 3

Same notes asDM7(add9)

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